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The only reason this question was posted on Stack Overflow is because the Stack Overflow AI Assist tool got the question wrong and suggested that it be asked on Stack Overflow for the community to ...
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Does AI Assist have public, tangible and enforceable quality attribution standards, especially when representing Stack Overflow content written by humans? When AI Assist does not live up to these ...
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Back in 2022 the moderation team decided to (temporarily) ban all use of AI as a means of producing content for SO, both asking and answering. This was later extended to be an indefinite ban. ...
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I do not want to be prompted to use AI Assist. I do not want my data to be sent to OpenAI. There is no preference in my profile to turn it off.
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AI assist lacking vote buttons adds an extra barrier between finding an answer useful and upvoting said answer and its associated question. That may not seem like much but I hypothesize very few ...
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I would like clarification on Stack Overflow's current stance (as of December 3rd, 2025) regarding the reliability of LLMs. The ban on posting AI content, according to the SO Help Centre, is motivated ...
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Out of curiosity I asked the AI a question I asked and self answered a few years back to see if it would properly attribute the response: How do I create a Jetpack Compose spacer with weight and min ...
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So I opened the AI to abuse it. I noticed there is a Share button, I clicked on it, I found nothing interesting, so I clicked the close button. Interestingly nothing happens, the dialog doesn't close. ...
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You already have the AI assist block. I'm very much (whatever) about it. But no, that wasn't enough for you. You just had to send out a notification. That notification is spam. It should never have ...
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Disgusted with the new "feature" https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/12/02/introducing-stack-overflow-ai-assist-a-tool-for-the-modern-developer/?cb=1 That was so well discussed: Labs experiment ...
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How can I disable this new 'what do you want to learn today' block at the top of the home-page? The 3 widgets already waste a lot of space. I don't need another widget I'll never use.
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I got an email leading to that supposed AI. First I laughed and thought: "they finally surrender" LOL. Then I saw the URLs in the site aren't "quite right". Then checked meta and ...
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How would you completely hide/remove/disable "AI Assist (Labs)" from all pages? Is there any explicit or hidden option anywhere in settings? Currently, I am using custom styles and ad-...
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